Following his rise to the throne in 1460, he made Edinburgh the ‘captial’ of Scotland with Parliaments then held on Castle ...

How people kept castles safe How enemies attacked castles Features of Caerlaverock Castle The impact of cannons on castle building This resource is suitable for Castles topics for primary school ...

Edinburgh is not just the capital of Scotland, it is also the capital of the “Caledonian Antisyzygy”: the idea that the presence of duelling polarities is a defining characteristic of the ...

An ancient symbolic stone is to be moved from Edinburgh Castle to London for the ... was seized by King Edward I and built into a throne at Westminster Abbey in 1296. Also known as the Stone ...